WorksheetsThe Collapse of the Soviet Union
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Economic and ____________ reforms were occurring within the Soviet Union through the leadership of
their leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.
social
military
Slowly, Gorbachev took the steps needed to ________________ their communist government.
dismantle
strengthen
He slowly began releasing government control of citizens by increasing ____________________ and
provided more ____________________ to Soviet citizens.
economic opportunities, money
personal freedoms, economic opportunities
As reforms spread throughout this region of the world, the Soviet Union was no longer _____________.
stable
unstable
In 1991, _________________ faced aggression within its own country and a resistance formed.
Gorbachev
Stalin
Communist hardliners within the government were poised to change the country back to its
traditional _____________ system.
communist
democratic
Their plan was to accomplish government takeover through a _______________.
social coup (takeover)
military coup (takeover)
This failed due to their soldiers’ _______________ to cooperate.
eagerness
unwillingness
As a result, the Soviet Union ________________ into fifteen newly separate countries.
came together
disintegrated (came apart)
These countries became loosely aligned in a “_____________________ of Independent States,” with each existing as a separate independent country.
Commonwealth
Country
